If you’re like me then you can never get enough of the one and only, Dolly Parton! Yee haw! I’ve been following Dolly since I was a kid and she makes me smile just as much today as she did back then. That’s why when deciding what to paint for the Conroe Art League’s 10th… Continue reading Hello Dolly!
Tag: portraits
Memory Maker
One of the best parts of my job as an artist is evoking emotion from others. My favorite works of art often move me. They move me to tears, to smile, to roar! As a connoisseur, I am drawn to art that makes me feel something. So when I was recently contacted by an old… Continue reading Memory Maker
Hang In There
This blog post is a reminder to myself as much as it is a message to you. Hang. In. There. Just hang in there, man. As I go through yet another stage of what I assume is a mid-life crisis, I have to constantly talk myself out of listening to the vitriolic, self-loathing voice in… Continue reading Hang In There
On Contemplating Death
We Westerners don’t have a very good relationship with death. We avoid talking about it. Children are shielded from it. Lots of folks try to pretend it doesn’t even happen. And then it does. And we’re left devastated. The cycle of life has uprooted me several times over the years, and I am always left… Continue reading On Contemplating Death
Fear, Fighting and Fear Fighting
Since October of last year, I have been participating in a live portrait painting group that meets twice a month at the Conroe Art League. And every time on cue, about an hour before we meet, I am overwhelmed with deadening fear. It’s the type of fear that convinces me to make other plans, to… Continue reading Fear, Fighting and Fear Fighting
You See, But Do You Really See
One benefit to practicing in the visual arts is that it allows for becoming a keen observer. The moment I was able to connect all that I see with the idea of shapes — and that every single thing we see is made of shapes — was the moment I knew limitations are only bound… Continue reading You See, But Do You Really See